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Geneva
QUNO Geneva seeks a Human Rights & Refugees Representative
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) seeks a committed and motivated person with considerable knowledge and experience to carry forward...
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QUNO Overview โ Second Part of the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2)
Summary and contextThe Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) was established by the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) Resolution 5/14 (2022) to...
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Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 3 โ Briefing Note for INC 5.2)
This briefing note by the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) and Eunomia Research & Consulting presents the preliminary findings from...
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QUNO at INC-5.2: Timeline & Advocacy Highlights
As governments, civil society, and experts convene in Geneva for the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental...
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Is the Arms Trade Above International Law?
“Is the Arms Trade Above International Law?”This pressing question was at the heart of a recent public event co-organized by...
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QUNO attends the IPCC Plenary in China
This March, QUNO Representative for the Human Impacts of Climate Change participated in the 62nd Session of the Intergovernmental Panel...
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QUNO and the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn
QUNO Geneva’s Human Impacts of Climate Change (HICC) team, Lindsey Fielder Cook and Johan Cavert, were intensely active at the...
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Introducing the G20 Peer Reviews
On 25 September 2009, the Leaders of the G20, at their annual Summit (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA), issued a joint statement...
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Sharing the stories of Quaker environmental human rights defenders
QUNO’s Human Impacts of Climate Change Programme recently compiled an official submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human...
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QUNO Submissions to the UN Special Rapporteurโs Report on Fossil Fuels and Human Rights
QUNO recently provided three distinct submissions responding to a call for input by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and...
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HICC statements at the Human Rights Council
QUNO’s Human Impacts of Climate Change Program (HICC) participated in the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council, delivering two...
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QUNO climate briefing paper adapted for academic journal
QUNO shares news that a briefing paper developed and released last year with input from the Human Impacts of Climate...
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QUNO at COP29, Part Two
Attending COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11-22 November 2024, QUNO’s Human Impacts of Climate Change (HICC) program was busy engaging...
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QUNO’s Engagement at INC-5 in Busan
The Sustainable and Just Economic Systems (SJES) programme team from the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), represented by Associate Representative...
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Release of “Plastic Money: Turning off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 2)”
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) and Eunomia have published a new report detailing a second phase of research and...
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Summary Report – “Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 2)โ
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), in collaboration with Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd., is pleased to announce the release...
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